LikedIt's a portrait of the city in its underbelly and in that way it's absolutely marvelous but it does feel a little bit more sensationalistic than a lot of the early works but it's still a great work and that for me sort of put a line under it.
Bodies and Souls (1983)
Creators: Liked From Amazon.com: In Bodies and Souls, Rechy paints a portrait of modern Los Angeles, "the most spiritual and physical of cities," where we meet characters like Amber, a porn superstar; Manny Gomez, a Chicano caught up in the punk-rock scene; and Dave Clinton, an aging male stripper. Epic in scope and vision, Bodies and Souls is classic Rechy.
- ISBN:
- 9780802138460
- Length:
- 421 pages
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John RechyIn The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez, Amalia Gomez thinks she sees a large silver cross in the sky. A miraculous sign, perhaps, but one the down-to-earth Amalia does not trust. Through Amalia, we take a vivid and moving tour of the "other Hollywood," populated by working-class Mexican Americans, as John Rechy blends tough realism with religious and cultural fables to take us into the life of a Chicano family in L.A. Epic in scope and vision, The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez is classic Rechy.
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